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Shloka 114

अनादिर्भूभ्भुवो लक्ष्मी: सुवीरो रुचिराड़ूद: । जननो जनजन्मादिर्भीमो भीमपराक्रम:

anādir bhūr-bhuvo lakṣmīḥ suvīro rucirāṅgadaḥ | janano jana-janmādir bhīmo bhīma-parākramaḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「彼は無始にして、万有の根本原因である。大地と諸世界を支える基盤であり、あらゆる美しきものを輝かせる光輝そのものでもある。彼は高貴なる勇士、燦然たる腕輪を帯び、すべての生きとし生けるものの生みの親であり、生まれ来る者の誕生を成り立たせる第一因である。邪なる者にとって彼は“ビーマ”—畏怖すべき者—であり、その武勇はそれ自体が恐るべく、いかなる抗いをも圧倒する。この連ね歌においてビーシュマは、神聖なるものを生命の源として、また悪を抑え屈服させる正義の力として描き出す。」

अनादिःbeginningless
अनादिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूर्भुवःearth-and-heaven (the worlds Bhū and Bhuvaḥ)
भूर्भुवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूर्भुव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लक्ष्मीःfortune; splendor
लक्ष्मीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सुवीरःexcellent hero/warrior
सुवीरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रुचिराङ्गदःwearing beautiful armlets
रुचिराङ्गदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरुचिराङ्गद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जननःprogenitor; begetter
जननः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनजन्मादिःthe first cause of creatures' births
जनजन्मादिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनजन्मादि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भीमःterrible; awe-inspiring
भीमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भीमपराक्रमःof dreadful valor
भीमपराक्रमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभीमपराक्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
T
the Divine (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa as the praised deity)
L
Lakṣmī (as splendor/auspiciousness)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the Divine is simultaneously the beginningless source of creation and the moral force that protects order: He generates life, sustains the worlds, embodies auspicious beauty, and becomes terrifying power against wrongdoing—showing that compassion and righteous severity are complementary aspects of dharma.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and recites the thousand names of Viṣṇu (Viṣṇu-sahasranāma). This verse is one segment of that hymn, listing epithets that praise the deity’s cosmic originlessness, sustaining power, auspicious radiance, and fearsome prowess against evil.